*** Seattle Fanviews Here 12/6/13 ***

smanchac1 wrote:

Show six this tour. 35th overall.

2013 has been amazing. Philly 1-2 were great together.. Hartford was the icing on the cake. Insane crowd and band feeling every ounce of the energy.

A few weeks off, got married (!!! ) and headed to Vancouver and Seattle for our honeymoon.

Vancouver was my only ga show.. Dead center in the back of the pit.. An amazing show.. Top 5 show and I've done 35 shows now.

Seattle is special to me because of a lot of reason. This is trip 7 for me, came here before to see Foo Fighters, then Sasquatch festival at the Gorge (NIN, Kings of Leon, Janes Addiction) back again for two pj shows in 09, then again for the Missoula show (flew here as drove to mt after a few days)

It's great to come to such a wonderful city for our honeymoon and share this time with so many wonderful fans all coming for the same reason. Makes everyone feel a little closer knowing we all share the love for pj.

The show was great. Section 103, and great fans around us.

Finally got to hear getaway and glad I did!

Garden was great, same with black.

I usually don't go on and on about mike like some do.. But last night he was on fire. Like he had something to prove. He bashed in his amp on even flow after playing a sick solo behind his back (not head!) which is very hard to do! Plus he was tearing it up, like he had something to prove. He really was in the zone last night, even more so than usual.

Lots of smoke in the key. After traveling 5 hours by plane to Vancouver, dealing with two hours of customs interrogation, seeing the show in Vancouver, standing about 6 hours between the ga line outside, then a few hours before pj, afterwards waking up the next day after 3 hours sleep, taking a 4 hour train, sleeping like shit and eating like shit... I was pretty wiped out. Plus I used the great delivery service and had alot of grade a smoke, alot more than usual for me.

Near the end of the show I felt lightheaded and woozy..: I've never felt that way in my life, never passed out before. Suddenly I was very thirsty, spiny, and realized I needed some air. I've read numerous stories of people not taking care of themselves and passing out in the pit and always said, why would you stay there if you weren't up for it? So I had to step out early. I feel good about it, really felt like I might faint, and really just needed some fresh air. 10 minutes outside and I was fine! But needless to say its been a long road and a great one. Didn't want it to end with me on the floor!

Pendulum was song 1000 for me. 35 shows and 1000+ songs under my belt and I've never been happier.

Thank you Pearl Jam for continuing to travel the world and play music, and for allowing me to be part of it and travel to far away places I would never normally have gone before. Add to that the best music and fans in the world, and you've got one happy newly married man here

I've had my sign at all shows this tour and still no luck. If anyone has a picture where you can see my sign I would love to see it! Please let me know if you have one!!

BigNolDogg wrote:

kw18 wrote:

This concert was an absolute blast! Best wedding reception a guy and gal could ask for!

If anyone has any video of the banter between Ed and the newly married couple (that's us!), we would love a copy. Please PM me!

Thanks!!

That is awesome! Loved that banter. Congrats.

YLed2 wrote:

This show was sixk.

I got to party and hang with the "D" tricecta - Dallas crew. Derybydave, and Disgruntled Dave.

Sick show. Fun show.

63schoefflin wrote:

derbydave wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

This show was sixk.

I got to party and hang with the "D" tricecta - Dallas crew. Derybydave, and Disgruntled Dave.

Sick show. Fun show.

How could you forget our "Artie Lange" guy in the Oilers hockey gear??
So glad we got to hang out this weekend...next time I'm doing the suicide pancakes at The 5 Point!!
I had a total BLAST in Seattle...can't wait until the next time buddy!
:ugeek:

Wait is this the guy from Calgary? I was with him on Saturday night at a sports bar for the MSU OSU game... Big PJ fan decked out in all Oilers gear.

63schoefflin wrote:

derbydave wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

This show was sixk.

I got to party and hang with the "D" tricecta - Dallas crew. Derybydave, and Disgruntled Dave.

Sick show. Fun show.

How could you forget our "Artie Lange" guy in the Oilers hockey gear??
So glad we got to hang out this weekend...next time I'm doing the suicide pancakes at The 5 Point!!
I had a total BLAST in Seattle...can't wait until the next time buddy!
:ugeek:

Wait is this the guy from Calgary? I was with him on Saturday night at a sports bar for the MSU OSU game... Big PJ fan decked out in all Oilers gear.

Sing2Me wrote:

This was my first PJ show. I traveled from Colorado to see it. And for me it was crazy awesome experience!

The griping here is really hard for me to understand. First of all, how do you people who go to all these shows afford it? Do you work? I tried for the 10c lottery and lost out. Was on the phone and computer the second tix went on sale and got nothing. Of the six or seven venues I could have traveled to tix were sold out in less than 10 minutes. So bought my tix on stubhub at what I thought was a pretty rich price (saw GA tix listed for a couple grand...do people really pay that? You'd think if the band could take on Ticketmaster they could try to do something about usurious scalpers. Think of all the charities that money could support!)

Anyway, newbie that I am, I think I was one of the more well versed fans in my section. I was explaining to people around me at the end who Mark Arm was, Green River, etc. And pointing out that songs like Garden and Let Me Sleep were rare gems. The only time people around me sang were when they played the big hits. And I had good seats! These were not the nosebleeds. So for those here to be critical of a setlist that includes so many of the hits is completely missing the point. I think Ed and crew are sensitive to that and know that the majority of the audience are not pretentious wine snob collectors and that playing the hits keeps everyone's interest. What you mediocre minded people really need is an exclusive 10c only show one time a year, destination wedding venue, where they play all the lost dogs and then some.

As for me, being there for my very first live rendition of Black was life altering. The long RVM jam, even though I have heard its similar on one of my bootlegs, was so much more electrifying in person. I freaking love you, Jeff!! Aaaagh! Worlds best bass player and the reason this band really grabbed me so many years ago. Nothingman and Garden huge highs (not withstanding the contact high from the weed burning like incense through the enitre 3 hours...if someone had a munchie stand outside every section and used the proceeds to go to the orion center then I think PJ could win their contest against The Stranger and that boy band I've never heard of).

A few others have said it but it stands to be repeated...you jaded song chasers need to step back and take a break and leave some tickets left over for small town girls like me who live six hours away from any metroplitan city in any direction but still freaking love Pearl Jam and would have been psyched to hear them play Row Row Row Your Boat.

That show was outstanding. And it was a rare gift if you had the chance to be there. Be grateful. I was on Mike's side of the stage and for sure that guy was channeling something higher. And lucky me, I think I was close enough to catch a little of it myself.

Jeff, Mike, Stone, Eddie, Boom, Matt...you guys inspire me. Your music does something that makes all the gears go, makes me speak my truth where I might otherwise have stayed silent, makes my creative self gets its lazy ass off the couch and do something that might contribute to the greater good. Seeing you perform live was a truly remarkable experience that I shall not soon forget. You freaking rocked! Thank you, thank you, thank you!